Apple's AirPods Max 2, powered by the H2 chip, is the centerpiece of this Waveform episode, with Marques, Andrew, and David asking the blunt question: did anything actually change? That conversation runs from 00:48:40 to 00:59:58 and is worth hearing in full because the hosts go beyond spec sheets to weigh whether the H2 upgrade justifies the product's existence against the original.
The episode also covers two stories with real industry weight. Samsung appears to have quietly discontinued the Galaxy Z Trifold after selling through existing stock, per The Verge, suggesting the experimental form factor failed commercially faster than anyone expected. Apple's acquisition of MotionVFX, a professional motion graphics tool company, signals a direct push into pro creative software that goes well beyond hardware. NVIDIA's DLSS 5 upscaling announcement rounds out the tech news with a claim of breakthrough visual fidelity for games.
The SXSW recap runs nearly 20 minutes starting at 00:10:18 and gives first-hand texture to the conference that no press release captures. The Pixel Paw Labs mouse segment and the trivia closer are lighter fare, but the MotionVFX acquisition discussion and the Samsung Trifold post-mortem are the two threads that will keep coming up in future episodes.
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